Min - Function Summary
Summary:
Returns the lesser of the two values.
Usage:
min value1 value2
Arguments:
value1 - The value1 argument. (must be: number pair char money date time tuple series)
value2 - The value2 argument. (must be: number pair char money date time tuple series)
Description:
Returns the minimum of two values.
The minimum value is computed by comparison, so MIN can also be
used for non-numeric datatypes as well.
print min 1.2.3 1.2.8
1.2.3 |
print min "abc" "abd"
abc |
print min 12:00 11:00
11:00 |
print min 1-Jan-1920 20-Feb-1952
1-Jan-1920 |
Using min on XY pairs will return the minimum of each X and Y
coordinate separately.
print min 100x10 200x20
100x10 |
Related:
< - Returns TRUE if the first value is less than the second value. > - Returns TRUE if the first value is greater than the second value. max - Returns the greater of the two values. maximum-of - Finds the largest value in a series minimum-of - Finds the smallest value in a series
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